Maternity-corset.



No 721,575., PATENTED FEB. 24, 1190s.

" 'M. E. LBIGHTON.

MATERNITY CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1902.

no MODEL.

m; NORRIS FETERS 00.. PNoTo-uma. WASD- N1 TON, QC

No. 721,575. PATENTED FEB. 24, 1 903.

I M. E. LEI GHTONI MATERNITY CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1902. F0 M ODEL. I 2 SHEBTSBHEEI 2.

Attorney .THE NORRIS nzrsr xs 00,. PNOTDLIIHQ, WASHINGTON. nun

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY EVELYN LEIGHTON, OF NEW YORK, Y.

MATERNITY-CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,575, dated February 24, 1903.

Application filed Tune 13, 1902. Serial No. 111,552. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY EVELYN LEIGH- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Maternity-Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to maternity-corsets; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable corset adapted to support a womans breast and abdomen when in pregnancy, the parts for supporting the abdomen being adjustable independent of the breast-support ing parts, all of the parts being connected by back pieces.

In the accompanying drawingaFigure 1 is a back view of the corset spreado'ut. Fig. 21 is a side view of a woman wearing-the corset, and Fig. 3 is a back view of awom'an wearing the corset. i

The corset consists of the back pieces 1 1, being laced together, as at 2, the said back pieces 1 lbeing provided with obliquely-extending whalebones 3 3. The side pieces 44 are attached at their ends to the back pieces 1 1, said pieces being made of perforated elastic material and having the perpendicular bands or whalebones 5. The garters 6 are attached to said side pieces 4. The front piece 7 is adapted to be laced at its edges to the ends of the side pieces 4 4. Said front piece is provided with five bands or whalebones 8, the said front piece being made of perforated elastic material. The breast-supports 9 9 are attached to the upper ends of the back pieces 1 1 by means of the straps 10. The said breast-pieces 'areprovided with the bands or whalebones 11, extending crisscross with relation to each other and being substantially hemispherical in shape and adapted to receive the breasts and support the same and also adapted to button together at their front edges.

7 I I In applying the corset to the body the parts assume their positions as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The'front piece 7 passes under the lower portion ofthe abdomen, and the side lieved of much tension and strain, the parts being adjustable to accommodate the enlargement of the wearer.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as hereinbefore described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangementin the adaptation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve-the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the termsof the following claim.

. Having described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A corset consisting of back pieces laced together, side pieces secured at their rear ends to the front edges of the back pieces and adaptedto pass along the sides of the abdo- MARY EVELYN LEIGHTON.

Witnesses:

SELAH L. BENNETT, WM. S. BEoKLnY, J r. 

